"Berlandier / Cervantes Mss”
Scope and Contents
Bound manuscripts; original title page removed and placed in Jane Gray’s autograph collection; substitute title page in Mary A. Day's hand read "Botanique. Nombre botanicos correspondientes a las denominaciones Mexicanas que Abate Clairgeno empone a los vegetales. Don. Vic. Jul. Cervantes dedit. Mexico 1827 extra Juan Luis Berlanier cum addendis," 34 pages, in Spanish. [According to C.H. Muller, don Vicente Cervantes was a Spanish Mexican doctor and botanist.] Second section entitled "Des plantes useuelles chez les Indiens du Mexique," 11 pages, in French. Third section entitled "Gramineas de los contornos de Mexico," 240 pages, mostly Latin. Gives names, descriptions, and habitat notes.
Dates
- Creation: 1825-1855
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is available by appointment for research. Researchers must register and provide one form of valid photo identification. Please contact botref@oeb.harvard.edu for additional information.
Extent
0.5 linear feet (1 flat box, 1 half-width manuscript box [item 13 is missing])Creator
- From the Collection: Berlandier, Jean Louis, -1851 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Botany Libraries, Gray Herbarium Library, Harvard University Repository
The Harvard University Herbaria houses five research libraries that are managed collectively as the Botany Libraries. The Gray Herbarium Library specializes in the identification and classification of New World plants with emphasis on North American plants. The Archives of the Gray Herbarium houses unique resources including personal papers, institutional records, field notes and plant lists, expedition records, photographs, original artwork, and objects from faculty, curators, staff, and affiliates of the Gray Herbarium.
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